No matter how much I hate 8-9 athletics Nelo, I'm against this nerf. It's a bit unrealistic.. so?
The problem is rather that agi-archers seems to be the way to go atm. There is very few effective archer builds, and little flavor or difference between them.. As far as I understood the current situation..
If oberyn, who MOST PROBABLY sacrificed most of his athletics for riding, also wearing heavy-medium armor if I know him right, get's kited by an archer, that is only fair. Kiting in general is a very viable and clever tactic, and if an archer survives long enough that there are no one left who can chase him, that's just fine.
Archers don't have shields, archer's have crap melee defense options. Running is, and should be their best defense.
This suggestion will get a lot of +1 from str builds, cav and slow shielders.
(oh and if u let yourself be kited like an MMO mob, you are the retarded one.. I kite people myself all day long.)